Traveler of the River of Time and Space

Chapter 589 58: Where Is the Main Force?

Nuclear bomb?

Su Ziyu's expression gradually became serious.

He hadn't expected the Empire Army to deploy nuclear weapons so quickly, and even more surprising was that the nuclear weapon hadn't destroyed the massive Titan Mecha. In this Crystal Wall Element, there are only a few super giant combat units that can withstand a nuclear bomb: the Leviathan (bio-warship) of the swarm, the Titan-class battleship of humans, and the WARBOSS warship of the Beastmen. Yet, he didn't expect that the Titan Mecha before him could withstand it.

The signal was interrupted.

He could no longer observe the situation on the battlefield, but undoubtedly, the pressure on the Empire Army must be very high now.

Ordinary people tend to underestimate the power of a nuclear weapon, but as someone who's used small and medium-sized nuclear bombs many times, Su Ziyu has a rough understanding of their power.

Is the destructive power of nuclear weapons large?

Undeniably.

Very large.

However, nuclear weapons also have significant drawbacks: they need to be launched and detonated, and their impact is three-dimensional. Conventional small and medium-yield nuclear weapons produce a fireball with a diameter of about one kilometer upon explosion. This is the most powerful part, and within this range, Su Ziyu estimates survival is impossible; without a super strong protective barrier, death is almost certain. But beyond this range, the power of nuclear weapons begins to greatly diminish, and it is survivable for Legendary Tier beings.

Upon a nuclear blast, outside the central explosion area, there will be a shockwave of 1 to 2 kilometers. The shockwave plus the thermal radiation in this range is fatal for ordinary people, but with advanced exoskeleton armor and proper cover, the probability of death is roughly halved, although radiation damage is inevitable.

Further outward, the attenuation rate of the shockwave and thermal radiation rapidly increases because the energy of a nuclear bomb is released three-dimensionally; it is a massive area attack, and the destructive power decreases with distance.

To significantly increase the power of a nuclear bomb, one must rely on a massive yield.

In fact, in the interstellar age, nuclear bombs are not frequently used, due to their severe side effects, and the interstellar age pursues more penetrative, pinpoint damage, delivering massive damage to a small point. The point-kill power of a nuclear bomb is actually not much higher than that of a Light Energy Electromagnetic Weapon. Numerous energy weapons concentrate enormous energy on one spot, causing a similar explosion. The thermite gun of a Fearless Mecha can also cause a half-kilometer diameter explosion if operated at maximum power.

Static noises.

Just as Su Ziyu hesitated whether to take action, the holographic projection image resurfaced again.

At this time, the distant Titan Mecha had charged to the front of the Empire Army's defensive line. Its body had sustatined some damage, but not from the nuclear bomb, rather, it was caused by another gigantic silver-gray beast.

Titan Mecha.

The Ancient Lost Empire developed roughly more than a dozen different Titan Mechas, primarily to counter super large ground war machines.

Compared to the mountain-like Titan Mecha, the Empire's Titan Mecha is considerably smaller but faster, more agile, and equipped with an assortment of weapons, ranging from kinetic energy weapons to energy weapons to various missiles, almost everything imaginable. However, its flaw is obvious: the Titan Mecha only has a relatively weak Dark Energy Field Shield, while the Titan Mecha is shrouded by a formidable WAAAGH field, which has been weakened significantly by the nuclear bomb attack, yet still able to block extensive remote damage.

The protective barrier covering the Empire Army had shattered.

Empress Isabella thought the Empire's defensive line could block the enemy's advancement, but in fact, it couldn't at all; once the shield was breached by the Titan Mecha's super energy beam, the Beastmen forces flooded into the defensive line almost instantly.

A portion of the command system directly collapsed, and the defensive formations formed by armored units fundamentally couldn't stop so many Beastmen Warlords.

This time the number of Beastmen leaders appearing on the battlefield increased.

Their modifications are more advanced than those earlier appearing Beastmen, with some Beastmen leaders even implanted with numerous mechanical prosthetics, almost equivalent to half a mechanical creation. Other Beastmen leaders, even without mechanical prosthetics, are virtually completely encased in exoskeleton armor, appearing as a mound of metal from a distance.

These are all Legendary Spiritual Energy Warriors capable of tearing tanks apart barehanded.

Indeed.

The power of a Beastman leader is roughly equivalent to a Legendary Warrior plus a 6-7 level Spiritualist. They possess terrifying physical defensive capabilities, robust energy protection fields, abnormal regeneration ability, and a wide-area WAAAGH resonance field, akin to a massive support buff.

Moreover, the proportion of such Beastmen leaders is about one in ten thousand; in every ten thousand enemy troops, a Warlord is sure to emerge.

"In the interstellar age, only elite combat units can decide victory or defeat," Su Ziyu shook his head and sighed.

In the recorded data, during planetary combat, the Ancient Lost Empire would not send massive troops; they would directly deploy Space Marines in small warbands descending orbitally to decapitate the command centers, capitals, and military fortresses of the target. Conquering a planet usually takes less than a day, and only after annihilating the opponent's main forces would they send the Star Realm Army for subsequent occupation.